Creating Products

A product contains all services a vendor exposes for sale, including product items, sales models, requirements for product orders, etc. To create a product:

1. Go to your CloudBlue Connect vendor portal and open the Products section. Click the Create Product button in the upper-right corner and provide the following data:

In Name, enter a product name.
Select the desired primary location in the Primary Locale drop-down list.
Choose the desired provider, and in the Categories drop-down list, select Infrastructure. Leave the default value in the Variant drop-down list.
Click Create.

The product ID will be automatically generated.

2. Add general information about the product you have created.

In the Products section, select the product and do the following:

Go to the General tab and click Edit next to the product name to change the product name or add a product icon (use PNG with transparent background) and a short description.
In the Overview tab below, click Edit to add a product description.

Go to the Media tab and click + in a box to add a media file for marketing purposes.

3. Next, edit settings for the product you have created.

Select the product, go to the Settings tab and click the Edit button in the upper-right corner. In the opened Edit settings dialog, make the following adjustments:

Turn on the Administrative Hold toggle to manage subscriptions to the created product, such as suspending and resuming a subscription.
Turn on the Pay-as-you-go toggle to enable the pay-as-you-go model and select CR as a reporting schema.
Select Auto-renewal as renewal management.
Under Subscription — Change Request, turn on the Editable Ordering Parameters toggle to make it possible to request editing of the ordering-phase parameters.
Click Save.

4. Create a product item that shows the costs the customer pays for the used resources.

Note: Ensure the Pay-as-you-go option is enabled on the Settings tab on the product page.

Select the product, go to the Items > Pay as you go tab and click the Create item button. In the dialog that appears, do as follows:

In Create Item - Step 1 General, enter the item name, manufacturer part number, and description. For the manufacturer part number, refer to the table below. Group Manufacturer Part Number and Group Name are optional. Leave the default value in the Parent item drop-down list and click Next.

Resource	Manufacturer part number
Application Management Usage	vap_usage_cost

In Create Item - Step 2 Type, in the Precision drop-down list, select Decimal with 4 digits precision (Example: 14.1234), and then, in the Unit drop-down list, select Unit*H. Click Create.

5. Create an ordering parameter that is specified by customers when ordering a product.

You need to add the following ordering parameter:

Parameter	ID
Control Panel Password	vap_password

Select the product, go to the Ordering Parameters > Subscription tab and click the Create parameter button:

In Create Ordering Parameter — Step 1 Type, select Password in the Type drop-down list. In Min symbols, specify the required minimum number of symbols. In Max symbols, specify the maximum number of symbols allowed. Click Next.
In Create Ordering Parameter — Step 2 Constraints, turn on the Required and Hidden toggles to make the parameter mandatory and hidden. Click Next.
Create Ordering Parameter — Step 3 Dependencies is optional and can be skipped. Click Next.
In Create Ordering Parameter — Step 4 Details, enter the parameter ID, vap_password, title, and description. Click Create.

In Create Ordering Parameter — Step 5 Summary, review the parameter summary and click Close.

6. Create fulfillment parameters specified by the vendor when fulfilling a product request. You need to add the following fulfillment parameters:

Parameter	ID
Application Management Username	vap_username
Platform URL	vap_url
Application Management account note	vap_note

Note: By default, the system automatically creates two fulfillment parameters, such as Title of the Parameter A and Title of the Parameter B. To be able to delete them, go to the Embedding > Subscription tab, and then, in the Approved Templates box, click pencil-icon and delete the following text:

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The value of {{ param_a.title }} is {{ param_a.value }}
The value of {{ param_b.title }} is {{ param_b.value }}

Add a new one and click Save. For example:

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Access to Control Panel
URL: {{ vap_url.value }}

Login: {{ vap_username.value }}
Password: Use the password specified when placing an order.

6.1. To create the vap_username parameter, select the product, go to the Fulfillment Parameters > Subscription tab and click the Create parameter button:

In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 1 Type, in the Type drop-down list, select Email to enter a value for the parameter in an email format. In Placeholder text and Hint text, enter additional information about the parameter. Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 2 Constraints, do the following:
- Turn on the Required toggle to make the parameter mandatory.
- Turn on the Unique toggle so that the system checks the parameter value for uniqueness.
- Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 3 Details, enter the parameter ID, vap_username, title, and description. Click Create.

In Create Ordering Parameter — Step 4 Summary, review the parameter summary and click Close.

6.2. To create the vap_url parameter, select the product, go to the Fulfillment Parameters > Subscription tab and click the Create parameter button:

In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 1 Type, in the Type drop-down list, select URL to enter a value for the parameter in a URL format. In Placeholder text and Hint text, enter additional information about the parameter. Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 2 Constraints, turn on the Required toggle to make the parameter mandatory. Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 3 Details, enter the parameter ID (vap_url), title, and description. Click Create.

In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 4 Summary, review the parameter summary and click Close.

6.3. To create the vap_note parameter, select the product, go to the Fulfillment Parameters > Subscription tab and click the Create parameter button:

In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 1 Type, in the Type drop-down list, select Single line text to enter a value for the parameter in a text line. In Placeholder text and Hint text, enter additional information about the parameter. Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 2 Constraints, do the following:
- Turn on the Required toggle to make the parameter mandatory.
- Turn on the Unique toggle so that the system checks the parameter value for uniqueness.
- Click Next.
In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 3 Details, enter the parameter ID (vap_note), title, and description. Click Create.

In Create Fulfillment Parameter — Step 4 Summary, review the parameter summary and click Close.

7. You can manage the localization of a created product. On the product page, go to the Localization tab, where you can add the localization by uploading a file with the translated text.

Creating Products

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